Nant Capital LLC (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)
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Nant Capital LLC is a private investment firm founded by billionaire physician and entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong, best known for its ownership of the Los Angeles Times and other media assets.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nant Capital (via Los Angeles Times ownership) | 1 |
| Nant Capital LLC (through ownership of Los Angeles Times) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11496728 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nant Capital LLC (through ownership of Los Angeles Times) Context triple: [Los Angeles Times offices (El Segundo), affiliation, Nant Capital LLC (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)]
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A.
Tribune Company
Tribune Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning prominent newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, as well as various television stations.
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B.
Times Mirror Company
Times Mirror Company was a major American media conglomerate best known as the longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before its acquisition by Tribune Company.
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C.
Tribune Publications Ltd
Tribune Publications Ltd is the publishing company responsible for producing and distributing the British left-wing political magazine Tribune.
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D.
Hearst Communications
Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
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E.
McClatchy Company
McClatchy Company is a major American newspaper publishing firm that owns numerous regional daily papers and digital news outlets across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nant Capital LLC (through ownership of Los Angeles Times) Target entity description: Nant Capital LLC is a private investment firm founded by billionaire physician and entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong, best known for its ownership of the Los Angeles Times and other media assets.
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A.
Tribune Company
Tribune Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning prominent newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, as well as various television stations.
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B.
Times Mirror Company
Times Mirror Company was a major American media conglomerate best known as the longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before its acquisition by Tribune Company.
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C.
Tribune Publications Ltd
Tribune Publications Ltd is the publishing company responsible for producing and distributing the British left-wing political magazine Tribune.
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D.
Hearst Communications
Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
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E.
McClatchy Company
McClatchy Company is a major American newspaper publishing firm that owns numerous regional daily papers and digital news outlets across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
limited liability company
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private investment firm ⓘ |
| acquired |
Los Angeles Times
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The San Diego Union-Tribune ⓘ
linked to:
The San Diego Union
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| acquisitionMethod | purchase ⓘ |
| associatedPersonOccupation |
Patrick Soon-Shiong is a physician
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linked to:
Patrick Soon-Shiong
Patrick Soon-Shiong is an entrepreneur ⓘ
linked to:
Patrick Soon-Shiong
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| associatedPersonWealthStatus |
Patrick Soon-Shiong is a billionaire
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linked to:
Patrick Soon-Shiong
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| associatedWith | NantWorks ⓘ |
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
healthcare-related investments
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media investments ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Patrick Soon-Shiong
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billionaire physician Patrick Soon-Shiong ⓘ
linked to:
Patrick Soon-Shiong
entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong ⓘ
linked to:
Patrick Soon-Shiong
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| hasControllingInterestIn |
Los Angeles Times
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The San Diego Union-Tribune ⓘ
linked to:
The San Diego Union
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| hasKeyPerson | Patrick Soon-Shiong ⓘ |
| hasOwnerRole | publisher of Los Angeles Times (through ownership) ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryBusinessActivity | making private investments ⓘ |
| hasReputation | major private vehicle for Patrick Soon-Shiong’s media holdings ⓘ |
| industry |
investment management
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private equity ⓘ |
| mediaAssetOwner |
Los Angeles Times
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The San Diego Union-Tribune ⓘ
linked to:
The San Diego Union
|
| notableFor | ownership of the Los Angeles Times ⓘ |
| notableShareholder | Patrick Soon-Shiong ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Patrick Soon-Shiong ⓘ |
| owns |
Los Angeles Times
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The San Diego Union-Tribune ⓘ
linked to:
The San Diego Union
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| parentCompanyOf |
Los Angeles Times Communications LLC
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linked to:
Los Angeles Times
|
| partOf | Patrick Soon-Shiong business interests ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nant Capital LLC (through ownership of Los Angeles Times) Description of subject: Nant Capital LLC is a private investment firm founded by billionaire physician and entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong, best known for its ownership of the Los Angeles Times and other media assets.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Los Angeles Times offices (El Segundo)
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affiliation
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Nant Capital LLC (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)
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subject linked to:
Los Angeles Times offices (El Segundo)
linked to: Nant Capital LLC (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)